03.03.11
6:30 a.m. CST Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STATUS REPORT: STS-133-14
STS-133 MCC STATUS REPORT #14
HOUSTON – Discovery and the International Space Station crews will get
a special call Thursday from the White House. President Obama will be
calling up to space to talk with all 12 crew members at 4:03 p.m.
CST. The call will be aired live on NASA Television.
To kick off Discovery’s eighth day in space, the shuttle and station
crews were awakened at 4:05 a.m. by “City of Blinding Lights” by U2.
It was for all the crew members.
After a full day of a successful final planned spacewalk of
Discovery’s final mission, the crew will enjoy a well-deserved
half-day off. The first part of the day, however, will involve more
cargo transfers from both Discovery and the International Space
Station. To date, 76 percent of all cargo transfers have been
completed.
The crews also will participate in two media interview sessions. The
first is to take place at 7:08 a.m. Reporters from CNN; WTTG-TV,
Washington, D.C.; WSTP-TV, Tampa, Fla.; and KNBC-TV, Los Angeles,
will talk with members of the shuttle crew.
The second is scheduled to take place at 9:33 a.m. Discovery’s Pilot
Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Mike Barratt and Nicole Stott will
talk with reporters from MSNBC; WXIA-TV, Atlanta; and Fox News Radio.
Meanwhile, Station Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Cady
Coleman will do maintenance work on the carbon dioxide removal
assembly on the U.S. side of the station. The CDRA removes carbon
dioxide from the station’s air. The Russian Vozdukh, which also
removes carbon dioxide, has been down for repair but is scheduled to
be operational again today.
The next status report will be issued at the end of the crews’ day a
little before 6:30 p.m., or earlier if warranted.
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